Spoilers Bad Batch Season 3 - February 21st

[Reverend]

I'd be surprised if they end up doing a specifically OT period animated series. That seems to be fairly well trodden ground at this point, even as a backdrop to a story unrelated to the larger events.

Post RotJ might be interesting since just like Bad Batch's backdrop the the immediate aftermath of the Clone Wars and the Empire establishing it's presence, that period would be more about the disillusion of an Empire, with all the power vacuum chaos, political/economic upheaval, and struggles to re-establish democracy that one would expect.
True, we're getting a little of that with 'Mandalorian', but it's very much on the periphery.

Assuming such a project is even in the pipeline; I also wouldn't expect Omega to be a central character in it anytime soon. It's certainly not been typical of new projects in the past.

 

[Shawnster]

I'd be surprised if they end up doing a specifically OT period animated series. That seems to be fairly well trodden ground at this point, even as a backdrop to a story unrelated to the larger events

While I hear what you are saying, there are a lot of fans that would like to know where all these newer main characters were during the OT era. A series taking place in another corner of the galaxy during the OT era would be interesting. Of course, the temptation for small galaxy syndrome might be too great to resist and we'd see countless OT characters shoe horned into the series. How many places can Vader be at the same time and how many duels and battles can he really engage in seemingly at once?

 

[The Wormhole]

there are a lot of fans that would like to know where all these newer main characters were during the OT era.

Even if a series set during the OT were to be a thing, it would most likely focus around a cast of new characters with maybe guest appearances made by Hera, Sabine, Omega or whoever with maybe one of them becoming a recurring character throughout.

 

[Reverend]

While I hear what you are saying, there are a lot of fans that would like to know where all these newer main characters were during the OT era. A series taking place in another corner of the galaxy during the OT era would be interesting. Of course, the temptation for small galaxy syndrome might be too great to resist and we'd see countless OT characters shoe horned into the series. How many places can Vader be at the same time and how many duels and battles can he really engage in seemingly at once?

It's a two edged sword really; on the one hand there's the pitfall of having too many cameos (which I don't see being a problem, given their very restrained track record thus far), but on the other there's the danger of having to dance around and explain why certain characters were or were not around for certain events.
It was neat when they interleaved the Clone Wars finale with RotS to the point of having partially shared scenes, but they can't be doing that all the time for the various comics and novels that have covered that period fairly extensively.

You really can't just make a series that exists to show what Omega, Hera, Ahsoka & Sabine were up to while Death Stars were blowing up and Hoth was being evacuated. It has to actually be *about* something, with a cast of characters new viewers are able to get to know.

 

[YellowSubmarine]

I don't see any of that as a particular problem for either pre-OT or post-OT shows. Omega becoming a New Republic ranger after the Rebellion and having running in with Zeb and Carson Teva there wouldn't be an improbable development, and I wouldn't even count it as leaning into small universe syndrome too much. Even less so with pre-OT, where we have no idea which parts of the Rebellion Cassian will be mingling with, and Andor has a tendency to explore stories with characters that are several degrees of separation from the main ones (Mandoverse can do more of that, too, by the way – I was kind of expecting it when we were going to have a Rangers show).

 

[Ithekro]

We know Hera was attached to Alliance HQ so she would be around the Heroes of Yavin. Sabine was defending Lothal, but at some point started hanging with Ahsoka. We have no clue what Ahsoka was doing between Rebels and the end of the war. We still haven't seen how she met Luke Skywalker and reconnected with her buddy R2-D2.

 

[JD]

Omega would be something like 14 years old at the end of the main part of the series. So a 34 year old actor would fit right into a Battle of Yavin era series.

Oh, your right, I was think The Bad Batch was a lot closer to A New Hope.

I'd be surprised if they end up doing a specifically OT period animated series. That seems to be fairly well trodden ground at this point, even as a backdrop to a story unrelated to the larger events.

Post RotJ might be interesting since just like Bad Batch's backdrop the the immediate aftermath of the Clone Wars and the Empire establishing it's presence, that period would be more about the disillusion of an Empire, with all the power vacuum chaos, political/economic upheaval, and struggles to re-establish democracy that one would expect.
True, we're getting a little of that with 'Mandalorian', but it's very much on the periphery.

Assuming such a project is even in the pipeline; I also wouldn't expect Omega to be a central character in it anytime soon. It's certainly not been typical of new projects in the past.

I've been hoping for some more Post OT shows set closer to Return of Jedi than Mando. There are a lot of major events in that era that we haven't seen onscreen yet, that it would be nice to see a show cover. Like the Battle of Jakku and the Rise of the New Republic.
I can understand wanting to avoid that era to keep from stepping on the toes of any reveals we were going to get in the Sequels, but that's not a concern anymore.

 

[Christopher]

Oh, your right, I was think The Bad Batch was a lot closer to A New Hope.

It begins with Order 66, so it's taking place right after the prequels. Wookieepedia says the series takes place from 19 to 18 BBY, with the epilogue having to be between 16-22 years later (between Mothma announcing the rebellion in Rebels season 3 and the events of ROTJ).

 

[JD]

Yeah, I just had a total brain fart when it came to the timeline.

 

[Ithekro]

This also show that the Imperial-class Star Destroyers started coming out really soon after the end of the Clone Wars. Assuming there were not some being used as flagships by the Republic at the very end of the war. (Still no Victory-class Star Destroyers in sight)

 

[Christopher]

This also show that the Imperial-class Star Destroyers started coming out really soon after the end of the Clone Wars. Assuming there were not some being used as flagships by the Republic at the very end of the war. (Still no Victory-class Star Destroyers in sight)

Good point. Even with droid labor, I'd think it could take years to build ships that huge and get them into service.

 

[Tuskin38]

In the old EU the first Imperial class (named imperator at the time) was first launched right at the very end of the war. But not in enough numbers to be any use in the war.

I believe the Victory class was also first in use near the end of the war as well.

 

[The Wormhole]

Yeah, I seem to recall an old EU comic that had an Imperial class destroyer in service within a year after ROTS. Not so surprising to see one here, especially as this particular one appears to be Tarkin's flagship. Makes sense he'd have access to the newest ship.

 

[JD]

Didn't they already show Imperial Star Destroyer's up and running at the end of Revenge of the Sith?

 

[cooleddie74]

Those were still Republic- and Clone Wars-era Star Destroyers.

 

[Christopher]

Isn't "Star Destroyer" kind of an inappropriate name for those ships, come to think of it? I mean, the only literal star destroyer in SW canon, AFAIK, is Starkiller Base. Star Destroyers are much smaller than the planet-destroying Death Star, so at most, they might be able to destroy asteroids or small moons. Alternatively, if you interpret it to mean a starfaring equivalent of an oceangoing destroyer (by analogy with "star cruiser" or "star fighter," say), it has the opposite problem of scale, in that a destroyer is a midsized, maneuverable ship meant to escort and defend larger ships, whereas Star Destroyers are the largest ships in the Imperial fleet (except for even bigger Star Destroyer variants). So one way, it's an extreme exaggeration, and the other way, it's a massive understatement.

Granted, a hyperbolic name isn't exactly unheard of (e.g. the America-based World Series or the strictly Earthbound Miss Universe pageant), but it's rather more disingenuous in a universe that has a literal planet destroyer to compare them against, and eventually has at least one literal destroyer of stars.

I guess maybe the latter definition kind of worked in the original film, when the SDs were seen as support ships for the much larger Death Star. But that doesn't work if they were around two decades or more before the DS.

 

[cooleddie74]

Republic Cruiser is my preferred nomenclature. And later on Imperial Cruiser, a term actually used in ANH.

 

[cooleddie74]

 

[Christopher]

Republic Cruiser is my preferred nomenclature. And later on Imperial Cruiser, a term actually used in ANH.

They seem more like carriers to me, given their size and their fighter complements.

 

[The Wormhole]

Alternatively, if you interpret it to mean a starfaring equivalent of an oceangoing destroyer (by analogy with "star cruiser" or "star fighter," say), it has the opposite problem of scale, in that a destroyer is a midsized, maneuverable ship meant to escort and defend larger ships, whereas Star Destroyers are the largest ships in the Imperial fleet (except for even bigger Star Destroyer variants).

The EU actually did indicate there were larger "Star Carriers" in the Imperial Fleet, which were basically aircraft carrier analogues. Granted, I always thought that as somewhat redundant given Star Destroyers can already deploy many squadrons of TIE Fighters and basically function like aircraft carriers in space anyway.